Theme Of Women In King Lear

Shakespeare 's usage of women in his plays has been met with both criticism and praise. Without a doubt Shakespeare has created characters that are full of life and realism which holds true to female and male characters alike. The three women in King Lear, King Lear 's daughters, all have fairly unique personalities from each other. Cordelia is the least like the other sisters being a fairly moral character, while Goneril and Regan are the definite villains of the play (along with Edmund). Even so, Shakespeare does provide a small amount of sympathy for the sisters as King Lear is shown to be a fairly stubborn character himself towards his daughters, especially towards Cordelia who is exiled. The sisters, primarily Goneril and Regan as they play large roles, relationships with each other show that Shakespeare can write deep women characters, without resorting to too many troublesome cliches (historical or even modern). There are still a few points that can be viewed as issues from a modern viewpoint in King Lear and how Shakespeare wrote Goneril

The first and most obvious being when the two sisters admitted their plans of deceiving their father and taking his power to each other. The sort of bond that can only be had between two close siblings or the best of friends, when the moment they are alone both admit they had been scheming the same thing, to the point that they both plan to take the rest of their father 's power. Then the plan of slowly taking away their father 's train, as they send him from one of their holds to the others, whilst complaining about how much of a burden he is. Their efficiency in tearing down King Lear 's train, as the sister 's team-up against their weak-minded (due to age) father, shows their connection, but their most basic part of their